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<p>WRIGHT TWP. &#8212; Crestwood crowned its Homecoming king and queen prior to its football game with Nanticoke Area.</p><p>But make no mistake. Nanticoke Area running back Joe Ammons reigned supreme Saturday night.</p><p>Ammons rushed for 374 yards and five touchdowns on 26 carries as Nanticoke Area walloped Crestwood, 47-14, in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division 4A game.</p><p>&#8220;I never had one like this,&#8221; Ammons said. &#8220;But it was an honor to come out here and take my team to the win.&#8221;</p><p>Ammons got rolling on his third carry of the game, making a juke just beyond the line of scrimmage and then a dash to finish off a 94-yard TD run. He later added a 67-yard touchdown run in the second quarter and capped off the half with a 1-yard TD run. He ended the first half with 300 rushing yards.</p><p>Add in a 10-yard TD run and 70-yard TD catch by Keanu Ammons, and Nanticoke Area took a 33-14 lead into halftime. What made the outburst even more impressive was the Trojans had scored just three touchdowns in their last three games combined.</p><p>&#8220;I think that caused a big change,&#8221; Joe Ammons said of his 94-yard score, &#8220;because we all came together as a team and we all clicked.&#8221;</p><p>Joe Ammon added 74 more rushing yards and two touchdowns in the second half before taking a seat with a little more than eight minutes left in the game.</p><p>When he wasn&#8217;t hurting Crestwood, the Comets were hurting themselves. They turned over the ball four times, with Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Trevor Grohowski, Dylan Szychowski and Colin Seigel all picking off passes.</p><p>Then there were the penalties. Crestwood was flagged 20 times for 130 yards.</p><p>The combination of touchdowns, penalties (Nanticoke Area had 13 of them) and the Trojans&#8217; inability to get to the 35-point mercy rule caused the game to last just 15 minutes shy of three hours.</p><p>Crestwood actually struck first as Garrett Swank hauled in a short pass from Chase Passman, picked up a block from fellow receiver Brandon Nieminski and scored on an 18-yard reception three minutes into the game.</p><p>Nanticoke Area, though, came back with four consecutive touchdowns to take control.</p><p><strong>Nanticoke Area 47, Crestwood 14</strong></p><p><strong>Nanticoke Area`14`19`7`7 &#8212; 47</strong></p><p><strong>Crestwood`7`7`0`0 &#8212; 14</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>First quarter</strong></p><p>CRE &#8212; Garrett Swank 18 pass from Chase Passman (Swank kick), 9:03</p><p>NA &#8212; Joe Ammons 94 run (Ricky Klepadlo kick), 5:19</p><p>NA &#8212; Keanu Ammons 10 run (Klepadlo kick), 0:57</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Second quarter</strong></p><p>NA &#8212; K.Ammons 70 pass from Colby Butczynski (kick failed), 7:37</p><p>NA &#8212; J.Ammons 67 run (run failed), 4:40</p><p>CRE &#8212; Ryan Petrosky 70 run (Swank kick), 4:26</p><p>NA &#8212; J.Ammons 1 run (Klepadlo kick), 0:06</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Third quarter</strong></p><p>NA &#8212; J.Ammons 23 run (Klepadlo kick), 7:09</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Fourth quarter</strong></p><p>NA &#8212; J.Ammons 1 run (Klepadlo kick), 11:18</p><p><strong>Team statistics`NA`CRE</strong></p><p>First downs`12`17</p><p>Rushes-yards`37-375`35-128</p><p>Passing yards`113`193</p><p>Total yards`487`321</p><p>Passing`2-8-0`10-24-3</p><p>Sacked-yards lost`1-12`2-30</p><p>Punts-avg.`5-21.4`6-28.8</p><p>Fumbles-lost`3-1`3-1</p><p>Penalties-yards`13-110`20-130</p><p><strong>INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS</strong></p><p><strong>RUSHING</strong> &#8212; Nanticoke, J.Ammons 26-374, Butczynski 5-(minus-11), K.Ammons 3-10. Colin Kashatus 1-0, Pierson Parks 1-2. Crestwood, Passman 7-(minus-11), Anthony Caparuscio 10-23, Swank 3-11, Petrosky 5-79, Ryan Miller 5-27, Zach Baranousky 2-11, Evan Fey 2-(minus-5), team 1-(minus-7).</p><p><strong>PASSING</strong> &#8212; Nanticoke, Butczynski 2-7-0113, Devlan Heffron 0-1-0-0. Crestwood, Passman 9-23-3-152, Swank 1-1-0-41.</p><p><strong>RECEIVING</strong> &#8212; Nanticoke, Ammons 1-70, Darren Boseman 1-43. Crestwood, Swank 2-31, Petrosky 3-45, Nieminski 3-109, Caparuscio 1-5, Rob Figmic 1-2.</p><p><strong>INTERCEPTIONS</strong> &#8212; Nanticoke Area, Trevor Grohowski 1-21, Dylan Szychowski 1-18, Colin Seigel 1-18.</p><p><strong>MISSED FGs</strong> &#8212; none.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Crestwood&#8217;s Garrett Swank (2) attempts to tackle Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Trevor Grohowski after Grohowski intercepted the ball late in the second quarter during Saturday&#8217;s game at Crestwood. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL0930CrestwoodNantFB2.jpg</photo0><caption0>Crestwood&#8217;s Garrett Swank (2) attempts to tackle Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Trevor Grohowski after Grohowski intercepted the ball late in the second quarter during Saturday&#8217;s game at Crestwood. </caption0><photoCredit0>Sean McKeag | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL0930CrestwoodNantFB3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Crestwood&#8217;s Garrett Swank, left, looks to run up field as teammate Ryan Petrosky blocks Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Darren Bosman during Saturday&#8217;s game at Crestwood. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL0930CrestwoodNantFB3.jpg</photo1><caption1>Crestwood&#8217;s Garrett Swank, left, looks to run up field as teammate Ryan Petrosky blocks Nanticoke Area&#8217;s Darren Bosman during Saturday&#8217;s game at Crestwood. </caption1><photoCredit1>Sean McKeag | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL0930CrestwoodNantFB1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Nantiocke Area running back Joe Ammons attempts to run past Crestwood&#8217;s Ryan Petrosky during Saturday&#8217;s game. Ammons rushed for 374 yards and five touchdowns. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TTL0930CrestwoodNantFB1.jpg</photo2><caption2>Nantiocke Area running back Joe Ammons attempts to run past Crestwood&#8217;s Ryan Petrosky during Saturday&#8217;s game. Ammons rushed for 374 yards and five touchdowns. </caption2><photoCredit2>Sean McKeag | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Nanticoke Area back runs for 374 yards, five TDs</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By John Erzar</p><p>jerzar@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach John Erzar at 570-991-6394 or on Twitter @TLJohnErzar</p></shirttailMeta></div>

WVC football: Joe Ammons rushes for 374 yards in Nanticoke Area win